remove the <'a> requirement on TextArea about tui-textarea HOT 8 CLOSED

Ty, that worked beautifully. I should have asked you in the first place

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Ha - I almost mentioned the same solution in the Ratatui side of this :D

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The lifetime parameter is used for ratatui's Block instance which is set to inner Pragraph on rendering. It cannot be removed.

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I know, hence the different block in my pr

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I saw your PR changes a bit. Do you mean adding new API which is very similar to Block only for removing the lifetime parameter? I don't think it is a good tradeoff. We should use ratatui's API as much as possible to make our API as minimal as possible. If we add new widget, users need to learn about it. I feel the cost is much bigger than just handling small one lifetime parameter.

If you want to hide the parameter and you're not benefit from it, you can do:

type TextArea = TextArea<'static>;

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I tried multiple things to avoid propagating the 'a over several weeks , and yet I never tried that one :-). I know it comes with some restrictions, I need to check if it will work in gitui.

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Great. Thanks for your confirmation.

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Could this be documented somewhere? I just spent 15 minutes adding and removing lifetimes everywhere and was about to open a duplicate of this issue. Using a 'static lifetime is a fine workaround but it's something you need to be aware off first.

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